![Photograph of a Staghorn sumac with water droplets on its leaves from a morning rain. Looking through the tree, out of focus in the background, is the front door of a house where above are dots of sunlight that resemble water droplets in the trees.](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240917_jpaallen_2694-2.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Sunrise…/over our umbrella/under the clouds](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240918_jpallen_haiku.jpg?resize=1000%2C249&ssl=1)
Another one from the pond…
I recently moved. The last thing I packed was a Japanese honeysuckle I had planted two years ago. I carefully pruned the plant to the approximate size of the rootball, dug it out of the planter box, and transported it in a large container for replanting. After it was replanted, I gave the honeysuckle plenty of water for a few days and installed a wire trellis. After a few weeks, the plant found its way to the trellis, wrapping around and moving through…